CURRICULUM VITAE
David W. Tuggle, M.D. FACS, FAAP, FCCM
Paula Milburn Miller/Childrens Medical Research Institute Chair in Pediatric Surgery
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION B.S. with Highest Honors
Abilene Christian University
1972-1975 Abilene, Texas
GRADUATE EDUCATION M.D., University of Texas
Southwestern Medical School
1975-1979 Dallas, Texas
POST GRADUATE TRAINING
1985 - 1987 Chief Resident in Pediatric Surgery
Oklahoma Children's Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1984 – 1985 Chief Resident in General Surgery
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
And Affiliated Hospitals
Dallas, Texas
1983 - 1984 Resident in General Surgery
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
And Affiliated Hospitals
Dallas, Texas
1982 - 1983 Surgical Research Fellow
University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas
Dallas, Texas
1979 - 1982 Resident in General Surgery
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
And Affiliated Hospitals
Dallas, Texas
SPECIALTY BOARD CERTIFICATION
· Diplomate, American Board of Surgery Recertification 2017
· Certificate of Special Competence in Pediatric Surgery; Recertification 2018
· Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgical Critical Care Recertification 2020
LICENSURE
· Texas
· Oklahoma
ADVANCED TRAINING
· Domestic Preparedness Train-the-Trainer Course; 1998 Dept of Veterans Affairs, Oklahoma City, OK
PRESENT APPOINTMENTS
· Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma, July, 2002-present
· Chief, Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma, 1995-present
· Pediatric Surgery Residency Program Director, 1995-present
· Paula Milburn Miller, Children’s Medical Research Institute Chair Pediatric Surgery, 2001-present
· Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Surgery, 1999-present
· Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Surgery, 1992-1999
· Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Surgery, 1987-1992
· Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma, 1987-present
· Coordinator, Surgical Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, 1987-present
PAST APPOINTMENTS
· Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Center,
Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, 1992-1997
· Trauma Medical Director- OU Medical Center, Level 1 Trauma Center, 1999-2001
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
· Peer Reviewer, Journal of Pediatric Surgery
· Reviewer, CDMRP TBI Concept Awards on the Physics of Blast Panel
· Invited Reviewer, Journal of Pediatric Surgery
· Invited Reviewer, Pediatric Emergency Care
MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
· American Academy of Pediatrics (Fellow); Section on Surgery; Publications Committee
· American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
· American College of Critical Care Medicine (Fellow)
· American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
Verification Review Committee; Committee on Trauma; Liaison to AAP Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Nov. 2002 – Present); Oklahoma District #1 Committee on Applicants
· American Pediatric Surgical Association
Program Committee; Publications Committee; Trauma Committee; Critical Care Committee
· Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgery
· Society for Critical Care Medicine
Chairman, Surgical Section; Fundamental Critical Care Support Instructor
· Southern Surgical Association
· Southwestern Surgical Congress
· Western Surgical Association
· Western Trauma Association
Program Committee; Publications Committee
MEMBERSHIP IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL SOCIETIES
· Alpha Omega Alpha
· Association for Academic Surgery
· Central Oklahoma Pediatric Society
· Oklahoma City Surgical Society
· Oklahoma County Medical Association
· Oklahoma Organ Sharing Network, Board of Directors
· Oklahoma State Medical Association
· Oklahoma Surgical Association
· Parkland Surgical Society
MEMBERSHIP IN MAJOR NATIONAL COMMITTEES, CONSULTANT GROUPS, STUDY SECTIONS
· American Board of Surgery, In-service Examination Consultant and Associate Examiner
in Pediatric Surgery, (2007-present)
· American Board of Surgery, Consultant to the Clinical Management Section of the
In-Training Examination Committee, General Surgery (2009-present)
· Surgical Representative to the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for EMTALA to CMS (2005-2007)
HONORS AND AWARDS
· 1978 Texas Merit Scholarship
· 1985 Parkland Surgical Society Travel Fellowship
· 1986 Rader Trust Award for Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Oklahoma
· 1991 Young Surgeon Representative, American College of Surgeons
· 1995 Weigelt-Wallace Award in Medicine
· 1996 Special Achievement Award Oklahoma Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
· 1996 Special Achievement Award, American Academy of Pediatrics
OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
(Local)
· Vice-Chairman, OU Physicians Finance Committee
(State)
· Oklahoma Chapter of the American College of Surgeons,
(President 1997-98; President Elect 1996-97; Vice President 1995-96)
· Oklahoma State Medical Association Legislation Council
(National)
· American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma, liaison to American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, November 2002-present
· American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Critical Care
· American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Transport Medicine
· American College of Emergency Physicians, Pediatric Committee
· Emergency Nurses Association, Pediatric Committee
· Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons (1997-present)
· Trauma Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association (1998, Chairman 2004-2006)
· Publications Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association (1995-1998)
· Publications Committee, Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics (1991-1994)
· Publications Committee, Western Trauma Association (1996-1998)
· Critical Care Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association (1992-1993)
· The American College of Surgeons Advanced Trauma Life Support Course (Instructor)
· Oklahoma District #1 Committee on Applicants, American College of Surgeons (1994-1999)
· Verification Review Committee, American College of Surgeons (1995-present)
· In-service Examination Consultant and Associate Examiner in Pediatric Surgery, American Board of Surgery (2007-present)
· Consultant to the Clinical Management Section of the In-Training Examination Committee, General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (2009-present)
PEER REVIEWED GRANTS FUNDED
· NIH - National Cancer Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City (1990 - $83,868) co-principal investigator (principal investigator: Ruprecht Nitschke, M.D.)
· Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Children's Medical Research, Inc. Oklahoma City (1991 - $90,000) principal investigator (co-principal investigators: Morris Gessouroun, M.D., Kris Sekar, M.D.)
· Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Children, Children's Medical Research, Inc., Oklahoma City (1993 -$27,270) principal investigator (co-principal investigators: Beverly Winters, R.R.T., Kris Sekar, M.D., Ed Overholt, M.D., Kent Ward, M.D., Morris Gessouroun, M.D., Paul Toubas, M.D.)
PUBLICATIONS
1. Tuggle DW and Huber PJ: Management of Rectal Trauma. Am J Surgery 148:806-808, December, l984.
2. Horton JW, Tuggle DW and Kiser RS: Effect of Temperature on Naloxone Treatment in Canine Hemorrhagic Shock. Circulatory Shock 14:251-265, December, l984.
3. Tuggle DW and Horton JW: Naloxone Improves Myocardial Perfusion in Hypovolemic Shock. Current Surgery May-June, 1985, pp. 195-198.
4. Horton JW, Landreneau R and Tuggle DW: Cardiac Response to Fluid Resuscitation from Hemorrhagic Shock. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics 160:444-452, May, 1985.
5. Tuggle DW and Horton JW: The Effects of Steroids on Splanchnic Perfusion in Hemorrhagic Shock. Current Surgery 42:388-392, 1985.
6. Tuggle DW and Horton JW: Cardiocirculatory Effects of Physiological Doses of Beta-Endorphin. Circulatory Shock 18:215-225, 1986.
7. Tuggle DW and Horton JW: B-Endorphin in Canine Hemorrhagic Shock. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics 163:137-144, August, 1986.
8. Tuggle DW, Hoelzer DJ, Tunell WP and Smith EI: The Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Polyethylene Glycol Electrolyte Solution Bowel Preparation in Infants and Children. J Pediatric Surg 22:513-515, June, 1987.
9. Hoelzer DJ, Tuggle DW, Judd AT and Smith EI: The Chest Tube: A Simple Device for the Tunnelling of Central Venous Catheters. J of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. ll:326-327, June, 1987.
10. Tuggle DW, Pryor R, Ward K and Tunell WP: Real-Time Echocardiography: A New Technique to Facilitate Swan-Ganz Catheter Insertion. J Pediatric Surg 22(12):1169-1170, December, 1987.
11. Tuggle DW, Tunell WP, Hoelzer DH and Smith EI: The Efficacy of Thal Fundoplication in the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux: The Influence of Central Nervous System Impairment. J Pediatr Surg 23:638-640, July, 1988.
12. Tuggle DW, Bennett KG, Scott J and Tunell WP: Intravenous Vasopressin and Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in Children. J Pediatr Surg 23:627-629, July, 1988.
13. Marks WA, Morris MP, Bodensteiner JB, Grunow JE, Bobele GB, Hille MR and Tuggle DW: Gastritis with Valproate Therapy. Arch Neuro 45:903-905, August, 1988.
14. Talbert BJ and Tuggle DW: The Effects of Maturity and Timed Ischemia on Survival Rates in Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Curr Surg 45(4):307-309, July/August, 1988.
15. Talbert BJ, Tuggle DW, Askew AA, et al: Preventing Adhesions in the Immature Rat. Surgical Forum 39:592-594, 1988.
16. Steinberg JB, Tuggle DW and Postier RG: Adenocarcinoma of the Colon in Adolescents. AM J Surg 156:460-462, December, 1988.
17. Hunt JL, Purdue GF and Tuggle DW: Morbidity and Mortality of an Endemic Pathogen: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Am J Surg 156:524-528, December, 1988.
18. Smith EI, Tunell WP, Nitschke R and Tuggle DW: Surgery for persistent and recurrent malignant disease in children--A search for a biological basis. Pediatric Oncology (Japanese publication) 25:41-45, 1988.
19. Tuggle DW and Smith EI: Pancreas Divisum, Pancreatic Pseudocyst, and Choledochal Cyst in an Eight-Year-Old Child. J Pediatr Surg 24:52-53, January, 1989.
20. Atkinson SD, Tuggle DW and Tunell WP: Hypoalbuminemia May Predispose Infants to Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC). J Pediatr Surg 24:674-676, July, 1989.
21. Tuggle DW, Perkins TA and Tunell WP: Outpatient Bowel Preparation in Children. J Pediatr Surg 24:703-704, July, 1989.
22. Mantor PC, Tuggle DW, Brown IH, et al: Pentoxifylline Improves Blood Flow to Ischemic Intestine. Surg Forum 40:577-579, October, 1989.
23. Mantor PC, Tuggle DW, Perkins TA, et al: Stress Induced Gastric Ulcers. Curr Surg 46(5):388-389, Sept/Oct, 1989.
24. Mantor PC, Tuggle DW and Tunell WP: An Appropriate Negative Bronchoscopy Rate in Suspected Foreign Body Aspiration. Am J Surg 158:622-624, December, 1989
25. Tuggle DW and Horton JW: Effects of Naloxone on Splanchnic Perfusion in Hemorrhagic Shock. J Trauma 29(10):1341-1345, December, 1989.
26. Askew AA, Tuggle DW, Judd T, Smith EI and Tunell WP: Improvement in Catheter Sepsis Rate in Burned Children. J Pediatr Surg 25(1):117-119, January, 1990.
27. Tuggle DW, Perkins TA, Tunell WP and Smith EI: Operative Treatment of Anterior Ectopic Anus: The Efficacy and Influence of Age on Results. J Pediatr Surg 25(9):996-998, September, 1990.
28. Felton RJC, Tuggle DW, Milewicz AL, Shock CK, Taylor DV, Perkins TA and Tunell WP: High Mortality with an Intraperitoneal Antiadhesive in the Rat. Curr Surg 46(6):444-446, Nov-Dec, 1990.
29. Tuggle DW, Taylor DV and Stevens RJ: Dog Bites in Children. J Pediatr Surg 28(7):912-914, July, 1993.
30. Biehler JL, Tuggle DW and Stacy T: Use of the Transmitter-Receiver Metal Detector in the Evaluation of Pediatric Coin Ingestions. Pediatr Emerg Care 9(4):208-210, August, 1993.
31. Puffinbarger NK, Tuggle DW and Smith EI: Rapid Isotonic Fluid Resuscitation in Pediatric Thermal Injury. J Pediatr Surg 29(2):339-342, February, 1994.
32. Knox L, Tuggle DW and Knott-Craig C: Repair of Congenital Sternal Clefts in Adolescence and Infancy. J Pediatr Surg 29(12):1513-1516, December, 1994.
33. Ward KE, Tuggle DW, Gessouroun MR, et al: Transseptal Decompression of the Left Heart During ECMO for Severe Myocarditis (Left heart decompression on ECMO). Ann Thorac Surg 59:749-751, March, 1995.
34. Nusser CA, Tuggle DW, McLanahan K and Leonard JC: Splenic Lymphangioma: An unusual manifestation of the Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome. Clin Nucl Med 20(9):844-845, September, 1995.
35. Tunell WP, Puffinbarger NK, Tuggle DW, et al: Abdominal Wall Defects in Infants Survival and Implications for Adult Life. Annals of Surgery 221:525-530, May, 1995.
36. Puffinbarger NK, Taylor DV, Tuggle DW and Tunell WP: End Tidal CO2 for Monitoring Primary Closure of Gastroschisis. J Pediatr Surg 31(2): 280-282, February, 1996.
37. Puffinbarger NK, Taylor DV, Stevens RJ, Tuggle DW and Tunell WP: Gastroschisis: A Birth Defect Seen in Increasing Numbers in Oklahoma? J Okla State Med Assoc 88:291-294, July, 1995.
38. Quintana DA, Jordan FB, Tuggle DW, Mantor PC and Tunell WP: The Spectrum of Pediatric Injuries After a Bomb Blast. J Pediatr Surg 32(2): 307-311, February, 1997.
39. Irwin RJ, Lerner MR, Bealer JF, Brackett DJ and Tuggle DW: Cardiopulmonary Physiology of Primary Blast Injury. J Trauma 43(4):650-655, October, 1997.
40. Bealer JF, Mantor PC, Wehling L, Tunell WP and Tuggle DW: Extracorporeal Life Support for Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis. J Pediatr Surg 32:1645-1647, November, 1997.
41. Irwin RJ, Lerner MR, Bealer JF, Lightfoot SA, Brackett DJ and Tuggle DW: Global Primary Blast Injury: A Rat Model. J Okla State Med Assoc 91(7):387-392, October 1998.
42. Lopoo JB, Bealer JF, Mantor PC and Tuggle DW: Treating the Snakebitten Child in North America: A Study of Pit Viper Bites. J Pediatr Surg November 1998.
43. Irwin RJ, Lerner MR, Bealer JF, Mantor PC, Brackett DJ and Tuggle DW: Shock After Blast Wave Injury is Caused by a Vagally Mediated Reflex. J Trauma 47(1):105-110, July 1999.
44. Lucas CE, Buechter KJ, Coscia RL, Jurst JM, Meredith JW, Middleton JD, Rinker CR, Tuggle DW, et al: Mathematical Modeling to Define Optimum Operating Room Staffing Needs for Trauma Centers. J Am Coll Surg 192(5):559-565, May 2001.
45. Lucas CE, Buechter KJ, Coscia RL, Hurst JM, Lane V, Meredity JW, Middleton JD, Mithcell Jr. FL, Rinke CF, Tuggle DW, et al: The Effect of Trauma Program Registry on Reported Mortality Rates. J Trauma 51(6):1122-1127, December 2001.
46. Markley MA, Mantor PC, Letton RW, Puffinbarger NK and Tuggle DW: Pediatric Vacuum Packing Wound Closure for Damage-Control Laparotomy. J Pediatr Surg 37:512-514, March 2002.
47. Tuggle DW: Bioterrorism, Blast Injury J Okla State Med Assoc 96(6):419-421, September 2003.
48. Edil BH, Puffinbarger NK, Tuggle DW, Palmer BW, Knutson ZA, Mantor PC, Lerner MR and Brackett DJ: The Impact of Intra-abdominal Hypertension on Gene Expression In The Kidney. J Trauma. 2003 Nov; 55(5):857-9
49. Tuggle DW, Mantor PC, Foley DS, Markley MM and Puffinbarger NK: Using a Bioabsorbable Copolymer Plate for Chest Wall Reconstruction. J Pediatr Surg 39(4):626-628, April 2004.
50. Suthers SE, Albrecht R, Foley D, Mantor PC, Puffinbarger NK, Jones SK and Tuggle DW: Surgeon-Directed Ultrasound for Trauma is a Predictor of Intra-abdominal Injury in Children. The American Surgeon February 2004;70(2):164-7.
51. Edil BH, Tuggle DW, Jones S, Albrecht R, Kuhn A, Mantor PC and Puffinbarger NK: Pediatric major resuscitation—respiratory compromise as a criterion for mandatory surgeon presence. J Pediatr Surg 40(6):926-8; discussion 928, June 2005.
52. Miller D, Garza J, Tuggle DW, Mantor PC and Puffinbarger NK: Physical Exam as a Reliable Tool to Predict Intraabdominal Injuries in Brain Injured Children. Am J Surg, 192(6) December 2006 738-742.
53. Tuggle DW, Skinner S, Garza J, Vandijck D and Blot S. The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Patients with Burn Injury. Acta Clin Belg Suppl. 2007;(1):136-140.
54. Tuggle DW, Kuhn MA, Garza JJ, Skinner S and Jones SK : Hyperglycemia and infections in pediatric trauma patients. Am Surg, 74(3):195-8, March 2008.
55. Tuggle DW and Krug SE. The AAP Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Policy Statement: Management of Pediatric Trauma, Pediatrics, Vol. 121, No. 4, pp. 849-854, April 2008.
56. O’Malley PJ, Brown K, Krug SE, et al.: AAP Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Patient- and family-centered care of children in the emergency department. Pediatrics, 122(2):e511-21, August 2008.
57. Vick LR, Worrell V, Tuggle DW and Borman KR: Clinical implications of hyperglycemia after pediatric penetrating trauma. J Pediatr Surg (submitted).